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Abdias do Nascimento was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician. Also a poet, dramatist, and Pan-African activist, Nascimento created the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum (1950), organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946), the First Congress of Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, he was the first Afro-Brazilian member of Congress to champion black people’s human and civil rights in the National Legislature, where in 1983 he presented the first Brazilian proposals for affirmative action legislation. He served as Rio de Janeiro State Secretary for the Defense and Promotion of Afro-Brazilian People and Secretary of Human Rights and Citizenship. While working as curator of the Black Arts Museum project, he began developing his own creative work (painting), and from 1968 on, he exhibited widely in the U.S., Brazil and abroad. He received national and international honors for his work, including UNESCO’s special Toussaint Louverture Award for contribution to the fight against racism, granted to him and to poet Aimé Césaire in 2004. He was officially nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
Paulo Sérgio is a Portuguese given name. It may refer to:
Paulo Sérgio Silvestre do Nascimento, commonly known as Paulo Sérgio is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. Whilst at German club Bayern Munich, he won the Champions League in 2001, despite missing his penalty in the final shootout.
Paulo César Fonseca do Nascimento, known as Tinga, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Paulo César may refer to:
The 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 49th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Corinthians claiming their fourth national title. The season officially kicked off on April 23, 2005 and concluded on December 4.
Nascimento is a common surname in the Portuguese language.
Marcos Arouca da Silva, commonly known as Arouca is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento or simply Hugo , is a Brazilian attacking midfielder.
Waldemar de Brito was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina, as well as for the Brazil national team. He is acknowledged to have discovered Pelé during the latter's early footballing days. His brother, Petronilho de Brito, was also a footballer.
Alexandro Alves do Nascimento was a Brazilian footballer who has played for Kavala in Greece. He previously played in Brazil for Vitória, Palmeiras, Juventude (RS), Portuguesa (SP), Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro, Vasco da Gama, Boavista (RJ), Fortaleza, Chinese side Shenyang Ginde, and in Germany for Hertha BSC.
Paulo Costa or Paulo da Costa may refer to:
Asociación Civil Real Atlético Garcilaso, commonly referred to as Real Garcilaso, is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Cusco, Peru.
Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo, commonly known as Tinga, is a Brazilian footballer as a right Winger for Umm Salal.
Restinga is a neighbourhood (bairro) in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 6571 from January 8, 1990.
Guilherme de Jesus da Silva, commonly known as Tinga, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Fortaleza.
Beatriz Nascimento was an Afro-Brazilian academic and activist. She was an influential participant of the Black Movement of Brazil from its beginnings in the 1960s until her death. Through her academic research, she evaluated the importance of quilombos as autonomous spaces for people of African descent during the colonial period and challenged the political environment and racial policies of the government toward Afro-Brazilians. Her scholarship on the invisibility of black women, and particularly non-Anglo women of the African diaspora had an international impact on research regarding the complexities of the black experience and lack of attention focused on Afro-Latinas in transnational feminism.
